Cost of living in Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, Montana

Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, Montana has about 9,597 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $231,700.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Deer Lodge County is $1,082 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Anaconda-Deer Lodge County. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

Montana's prices sit at 94.6 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.

Montana taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 0.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Anaconda-Deer Lodge County's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Montana home paid 14.99¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Anaconda-Deer Lodge County's bill.

EIA does not publish a Montana gasoline price. For the week of October 12, 2026, the Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) all-grades price was $4.575 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $2,196.00 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in Montana shares this price.

Among 79 places we list in Montana with a rent figure, 69 have higher typical rent than Anaconda-Deer Lodge County.